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KINGDOM Come Deliverance is out now on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Kingdom Come Deliverance is out now on PS4, Xbox One and PC, which means review scores have started to appear online.

The epic role-playing game takes place in medieval Bohemia, where players take on the role of Henry, son of a blacksmith.

"Thrust into a raging civil war, you watch helplessly as invaders storm your village and slaughter your friends and family," reads the official description. "Narrowly escaping the brutal attack, you grab your sword to fight back."

What follows is a non-linear tale of revenge set against the backdrop of a stunning open world that is shaped by your choices.

Players can also expect realistic combat, a deep RPG progression system and one or two historical figures to make an appearance.

Kingdom Come Deliverance is certainly an ambitious game, but does it live up to the hype? Here's what the critics think...

DEEP SILVER

Kingdom Come Deliverance is dividing critics

Game Revolution - 9/10: "If you want a bug-free experience, don't get Kingdom Come. If you want an excellent, open-world RPG that feels like a hardcore version of an Elder Scrolls game, then don't hesitate. The fact that an indie studio was able to release this only four years after their Kickstarter is insane to me, and it's games like this that set the bar higher for AAA developers.

"Warhorse did a magnificent job crafting Kingdom Come: Deliverance with only a fraction of the funding that an Elder Scrolls game would receive, and I can't wait to see how it supports this game and what its future titles have in store for us."

Gaming Nexus - 9/10: "Kingdom Come will break you down. It will humble you. It will remind you that you’ve got a lot to learn. Whether that means making your fingers do more WASD gymnastics than you’ve ever done in a first-person game, or giving you the down and dirty as to the extended "services" provided at a bath house. It acknowledges what a thorough hell it is for women living under a complete patriarchy. It’ll also give you a feel for what it was like to walk through the streets of the Late Middle Ages, with its still-primitive technologies and its utter lack of plumbing. It might even immerse you enough in a time and place to make you better appreciate your modern day creature comforts, like hot running water, for instance. Kingdom Come isn't here to make your life easier, but you will be better for it.

"Kingdom Come is a walking simulator merged with an RPG that takes you down a Wikipedia black hole. Accepting its historicity and deciphering its cerebral game systems is like completing a religious rite."

Cubed3 - 7/10: "Luckily, it's hard to avoid coming back to this. Is there room for improvement? Oh, you simply can't imagine how much - and yet even at its current, extremely flawed state, it can be quite the addictive time sink. At the end of the day, though, all that needs to be taken into consideration about Kingdom Come: Deliverance is that it isn't another Far Cry/Assassin's Creed-esque checklist-filling "RPG." Some will hate it for it, and its lack of a couple of more… game-y bells and whistles, but the rest will love it exactly for that."

Windows Central - 3/5: "Kingdom Come: Deliverance's large open world is packed full of things to do in a setting many can relate to. It's by no means perfect, which is unfortunately down to the sheer scope of the project for such a small team of developers. Still, you're going to get many hours of entertainment from this game. It's available now for around $60."

The Sixth Axis - 4/10: "If Kingdom Come: Deliverance has a ton of bug fixing to improve the performance drastically, it could be a hidden gem. It’s clear that the game, despite its grand ambitions, was simply not ready for public consumption.

"Shimmers of brilliance are there and had it seen more time in the oven, or set its ambitions at a more reasonable level, it could have been brilliant and scored significantly higher as a result. Alas, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is another cautionary tale rather than a trend setter."